- ditty ( @dditty@lemm.ee ) English30•2 months ago
This, and we need to reincorporate female trees in urban areas to reduce the rampant pollen pollution caused by exclusively using male trees 🤧
- flora_explora ( @flora_explora@beehaw.org ) English2•2 months ago
Well, it’s not that easy. Many plants have both female and male flower parts or flowers. And even if a species has individuals with only one of both sexes, then it might change over the season or over age. So there is really no way around pollen…
- Sparky ( @Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English1•2 months ago
What? Trees have genders? I guess I learned something new!
- NeatNit ( @NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ) English3•2 months ago
News to me too… And I think it might be wrong but I don’t know enough to say with confidence.
how I thought it works is that trees have male and female parts, but a single tree can have both parts. And some trees can self-pollinate.
My uneducated guess is that it depends on the species, some are sexed and some are hermaphrodite. That’s how it goes in the animal kingdom.
- Rubanski ( @Rubanski@lemm.ee ) English1•2 months ago
ULPT: You can pretend your allergy is a cold and call in sick
- fmstrat ( @fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ) English6•2 months ago
While we’re at it, cover parking lots in solar panels.
- NeatNit ( @NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ) English1•2 months ago
From what I’ve heard (and I DO NOT understand it, at all) this is cost prohibitive and impractical.
- fmstrat ( @fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ) English1•2 months ago
Not sure how this would be the case, would love to see a reference here.
- lugal ( @lugal@sopuli.xyz ) English5•2 months ago
Tell me more about your evil master plan to make the world a better place for everyone
- Avg ( @Avg@lemm.ee ) English2•2 months ago
Tell it to my neighbors, my tree has slowly become treeless, I planted one in the middle of my front yard so that the house can stay cool in the mornings
- Gamma ( @GammaGames@beehaw.org ) English5•2 months ago
deightful
- Match!! ( @match@pawb.social ) English1•2 months ago
best i can do is Bradford Pear (male)